PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Sea sanctus feugiat facilisis takimata kasd vulputate clita iriure sit feugait elitr at amet. Amet gubergren eum. Dolore sea amet amet vel ipsum augue ut et sanctus sed. Sed elitr amet sanctus clita at magna dolor nonumy ipsum. Minim lorem wisi invidunt. Ea lorem eirmod et consetetur at stet eu stet gubergren. Ea duis eirmod dolores est ad dolore clita sit nostrud eirmod voluptua nulla quis dolor dolore nihil.
Zzril voluptua clita duo sea ut duo erat nostrud nulla sed. Voluptua consequat aliquyam et dolore nobis magna molestie lorem. Nisl ut et nulla sed. Iriure elitr elitr ut ad duo amet amet vulputate doming veniam dolore tempor consetetur dolor et. Vero elit diam eirmod stet justo option.
Sample Output H3
Commodo in lorem dolor ut zzril sanctus esse voluptua duo zzril vero voluptua sadipscing sed consetetur. Suscipit invidunt ipsum dolor est consequat ut nostrud no sit eirmod diam autem eos. Duo dolores ut dolor takimata elitr kasd ea gubergren consequat justo ea. Amet ipsum in lorem consetetur. Consequat nostrud erat nostrud vel takimata duo dolore sed justo. Kasd sanctus sit. No vero elitr nonumy tempor lobortis consetetur accusam facilisi dolor invidunt justo clita ad gubergren nulla velit. Magna lobortis duis duo lobortis no amet eirmod gubergren dolor sit sed laoreet.
Dolor tempor at aliquyam consetetur nam magna nonumy facilisi kasd te no eirmod et. Lorem gubergren erat diam dolore aliquam eirmod no sit dolore dolor dolore dolor elitr. Et congue sed clita lobortis eu. Magna rebum amet et ipsum. Tation ipsum lorem takimata feugiat id invidunt et sed consetetur in ea dolores kasd vero ipsum option et. Duis dolore iriure stet magna diam dolores est enim aliquyam duis sed. Lorem sit dolor lorem dolore.
Sample Output H4
Amet sanctus sanctus tempor cum vel consetetur takimata praesent kasd et rebum et dolor sanctus gubergren vero ut duo. Quis ipsum at laoreet stet et dolor et nonumy gubergren et ea diam et est sed diam takimata nulla. Dolore facilisis voluptua ea aliquyam ut at accusam autem dolor at et rebum placerat. Erat duis lorem quod ut diam amet duo nulla sed lorem invidunt dolor takimata. Gubergren et eros facilisi ipsum ut dolores aliquam eu diam lobortis lobortis qui. Ut sit sit lorem feugiat. In imperdiet et.
Eirmod sit sed exerci tincidunt lorem eos diam ipsum duo est kasd euismod vel. Kasd clita justo et ipsum dolor amet elit aliquam diam stet ex aliquyam illum in. Odio sanctus dolor gubergren eos vel kasd. Sed feugiat at est duo feugiat. Et gubergren sadipscing ea sed tincidunt labore sit tempor vero zzril gubergren. Sed volutpat cum ut suscipit lorem dolores sanctus ut molestie ea. Dolor duo suscipit takimata diam nonumy dolore takimata luptatum doming facer sit dolores dolore sed laoreet. Magna gubergren sea eros ullamcorper aliquyam clita sed et lorem et eos ipsum velit vel sadipscing eirmod feugiat te. Amet at molestie nonumy dolor et amet. Nam dolores ut.
Sample Output H4
Sit sadipscing duo elitr. Augue iusto eum erat ea sed sanctus dolor eos gubergren sit ipsum. Lorem velit at iriure volutpat elit justo ullamcorper adipiscing. Labore hendrerit takimata te elit tempor dolor eum tempor et. Rebum lorem eirmod dolore voluptua feugiat et at nostrud consequat magna lorem eos. Ex et nonumy at nisl et at sed et no lobortis. Option takimata sed erat illum ipsum praesent. Nonumy eu nam vel feugait ipsum odio labore voluptua rebum dolor invidunt vel takimata aliquyam. Rebum dolor aliquip dolor nihil ut ad sed eum sit et takimata ut nulla invidunt. Sit ea delenit et consectetuer eros eu et amet et sit sed ut odio vero iriure sed. Luptatum consequat et.
Lorem ea in est facilisis et dolor lorem. Quis vero dolores et veniam sea vel liber assum dolor. Accusam gubergren takimata possim accusam et nulla dolore amet erat volutpat sit et est ullamcorper takimata lorem. Sanctus sanctus laoreet eros vero at labore nonumy est magna et nonumy. Amet ut nam iusto ut dolore nonumy et sit tempor ea esse adipiscing elitr sed et amet. Sit aliquyam ut dolore elitr.
Sample Output H3
Gubergren elit aliquyam commodo tempor vero erat eos vel in kasd sit amet. Amet eleifend lorem sanctus congue sea ipsum takimata consequat eos est vulputate aliquyam duo elitr kasd adipiscing consetetur clita. Duis consetetur et commodo rebum adipiscing ut luptatum rebum ut amet tempor sit. Aliquam lorem aliquyam diam minim. Quis consequat gubergren dolore kasd wisi consequat kasd rebum et erat ea consequat sanctus euismod vero. Dolore sed stet laoreet tempor iriure magna sanctus. Velit gubergren praesent elitr aliquyam.
Vero et eros duo sit est ut tempor at. Diam takimata eu laoreet. Accusam dolor eu feugiat ut. Diam vero sanctus takimata voluptua sadipscing at aliquyam minim. Nonummy sed ipsum. Justo ea eirmod aliquyam minim vel exerci. Ut ipsum enim sadipscing rebum kasd voluptua. Kasd qui ipsum dolor magna veniam consequat gubergren te kasd vulputate takimata erat aliquyam. Ea nulla et possim euismod sea dolor clita sed tempor et. No iriure et congue ea tempor sea kasd kasd labore sit laoreet clita sit erat diam dignissim.
Sample Output H4
Amet eirmod et congue duis congue diam et sit. Eos kasd ea dolor sanctus vero ipsum te dolore nibh ipsum diam justo dolores nostrud. At in vero diam consectetuer sadipscing nonumy sit soluta. Et magna lorem lorem. Dolores clita molestie labore gubergren. Facilisis vero diam.
Takimata sit et sea ut et invidunt dolores vero. Dolor velit te nulla eos diam ad est sanctus labore facer. Ad invidunt diam ex sit invidunt in ad diam erat erat ipsum dignissim. Molestie et et sed nonumy tempor id. Possim feugait elitr placerat molestie justo dolores et odio et nonumy vero quis. Eirmod ex dolor ut. Gubergren no ea sea takimata kasd sit dolore eirmod velit ea. Nisl tempor ea et ipsum.
Sample Output H4
Eu est dolor et te diam rebum iriure ipsum. Sed ipsum amet in augue illum nonumy et clita invidunt. Placerat elitr sed lorem placerat nonummy tempor tempor erat vel. Sit mazim eirmod tempor consectetuer vero vero eros elitr lorem ipsum exerci aliquyam iriure lorem aliquyam nonumy eirmod sit. Et et sadipscing sed no. Justo justo lorem nonumy in sit eos kasd dolor stet nam. Dolor lorem labore quod sadipscing kasd quod ipsum enim takimata tempor dolor.
Eirmod velit dolor hendrerit. Sit sanctus ea est est nam eu vulputate et assum et. Et hendrerit dolore tempor feugiat at sea erat kasd ut ea sit clita. Sed autem te eirmod ut ea. Accusam feugait odio eirmod consetetur sed invidunt facilisis ullamcorper ipsum gubergren et. Est ipsum ut clita nobis clita nisl dolor dolor ea. Stet elitr ut.
More Sample Output H2
Sit sed tempor. Clita amet et no lorem sanctus zzril et dolore invidunt ipsum sanctus. Sit exerci invidunt stet dolor invidunt dolor sadipscing magna dolores kasd nulla. Dolor vero nonumy eum. Sanctus vero erat et sadipscing lobortis no. Sit et ut stet cum magna ut.
Kasd facilisis assum lorem est augue diam magna. Et ipsum at est gubergren et tempor sed sit magna exerci et illum consequat est labore laoreet. No dolor consectetuer stet dolor ea odio ad in sea facilisis sit erat dolor nulla duis consectetuer. Ut sed et dolor at clita duo lorem tempor takimata sed et molestie ea ipsum ipsum justo vel. No molestie gubergren nobis sit facilisi aliquyam exerci quis. Odio ea labore. Elitr euismod adipiscing sed takimata facilisis.
Sample Output H3
Est diam facilisis invidunt veniam hendrerit rebum ipsum voluptua blandit. Lorem eros iriure enim sea vero clita amet aliquam ut duo ex in sadipscing lorem iriure et augue. Stet accusam consetetur sed autem dolore tempor eu dolor vero augue voluptua gubergren tempor accusam magna. Erat ea sed dolores duis adipiscing sit elitr tempor duis invidunt sadipscing takimata sit elitr sed. Sanctus eos sadipscing ipsum te vel dignissim nostrud et. Accusam consetetur in stet iusto amet sit eos. Accusam clita blandit suscipit. Consequat dolore tempor sit tempor nonumy et et ut imperdiet zzril dolor eirmod. Vero luptatum dolore et aliquyam eos aliquyam ipsum clita et ipsum dolor takimata diam ut sit magna tempor.
Eu ipsum diam vel facilisis facilisis dolor sit gubergren ipsum autem. Takimata sed lorem sed vel suscipit eos amet rebum assum. Accusam odio justo et amet ut dolore voluptua diam ipsum eirmod exerci voluptua eirmod lorem. Ipsum takimata erat. Ea nisl aliquam nostrud. Erat euismod est. Consequat consequat lorem diam zzril. Ipsum lorem quod vulputate ea diam et molestie exerci et ut takimata. Elitr exerci qui clita invidunt consequat ipsum duo ipsum rebum est et et. Stet clita consequat labore molestie clita dolore takimata sadipscing erat praesent stet duis sadipscing eu kasd hendrerit duis ipsum.
Sample Output H4
Ut rebum accusam dolor takimata kasd tation et eos esse velit suscipit amet no sadipscing sed justo vel. Est invidunt labore vero dolore diam lorem facilisis tempor tempor sadipscing kasd clita ipsum stet. Congue clita eos. Duo at mazim in et diam laoreet imperdiet consequat takimata et. Rebum feugiat justo erat ut exerci consetetur stet. Dolores stet amet magna sea dolore tation tempor magna iriure amet ullamcorper dolor clita. Veniam ea duis dolore dolor voluptua sit stet est lobortis dolor blandit feugait labore dolore diam duo. Elitr labore et magna takimata ipsum labore kasd no soluta nostrud labore. Stet ut gubergren dolor et accumsan dolore sit sed accusam tation sed elitr rebum no et diam.
Ad tempor gubergren sed tincidunt magna takimata et. Dolore duo duis invidunt et eum illum tempor sit duo placerat amet euismod. Rebum stet et diam et molestie euismod consetetur eos ipsum eos ut sed ipsum sit ex est stet. Erat nisl gubergren nulla et ut lorem lorem lobortis sit duo eum eos sed stet. Luptatum no invidunt sed ut. Iriure amet lorem stet aliquip. Sit erat magna stet eu diam et esse tempor aliquip at sanctus dolores. Duo minim lorem aliquip blandit amet rebum takimata invidunt erat magna accusam diam tempor diam ea. At congue soluta dolor nonumy magna sanctus dolore dolor amet duis at dolor nonummy erat at amet.
Sample Output H4
Sed ipsum duis consetetur duo nonumy adipiscing volutpat dolore ut accumsan elitr nulla stet nibh. Elitr amet dolores facilisis elitr dolore ea voluptua lorem consectetuer. Diam consectetuer illum aliquyam ipsum rebum dolor at no feugiat lorem labore ad eros. Accumsan sed iusto dolor tempor. Assum consetetur et sed et consetetur takimata euismod enim at amet ex te in.
Sed et duis rebum dolor sit sanctus eirmod. Justo eirmod sadipscing tation eirmod enim duis stet takimata et nonumy sanctus accusam cum invidunt et ea. Invidunt no et ipsum ut dolore diam amet sit. Eos amet et tempor eirmod diam euismod takimata dolore accusam sed suscipit. Amet cum est dolore ad sea consequat sea duis magna duis. Erat lorem et dolor et dolores eirmod sit et. Kasd consetetur justo sit sadipscing. Erat nonumy gubergren dolor. Ullamcorper dolore duo delenit sed doming voluptua rebum rebum. Stet exerci tempor no clita sadipscing est elit molestie placerat elitr duis clita. Diam option dolore rebum at ipsum sea iusto nihil.
Sample Output H3
Labore dolor et in et nulla velit takimata eu duis sit eu dolore magna option. Possim takimata diam sadipscing rebum ipsum eros laoreet dolor labore dolore tempor dolores et at rebum. Accusam sed elitr ut aliquyam ea gubergren est esse dolor. Gubergren et lorem wisi stet. Duo eirmod justo. Sed zzril sed lorem sed tempor et. Sed takimata elitr diam erat dolor diam elitr lorem consetetur placerat blandit diam. Amet dolores at illum labore sadipscing eos sadipscing eirmod elitr. Diam magna rebum dolore soluta est diam sed tincidunt stet amet dolor dolor eirmod nibh et lorem dolor. In justo eos wisi rebum sadipscing et at dolor diam nibh. Et et sadipscing invidunt kasd nonumy.
Sanctus delenit tincidunt stet eum est amet est mazim nulla imperdiet justo vero iriure ut in et. Eirmod lobortis aliquyam id voluptua rebum dolor rebum at et. Volutpat et sadipscing vero erat diam clita hendrerit tation illum no sadipscing amet invidunt vel option. Vero no ea dolore stet diam diam assum in facilisis. Sed ea eu aliquyam aliquyam vero et kasd ipsum elitr. Facilisis nonumy dolores duis ea eos delenit eu. Option labore no diam ut tempor dolore eos eirmod invidunt vero. Nulla in rebum gubergren dolor facilisis stet diam rebum et sit ea rebum. Te feugiat dolor. Esse vero eos accusam nonumy nostrud at tincidunt at consetetur sea amet nonumy duo justo sadipscing dolore zzril.
Sample Output H4
Stet te aliquip nobis amet. Lorem amet gubergren dolor consetetur dolores ut voluptua amet labore nonumy iusto. Invidunt lobortis sadipscing sit amet vulputate ea sadipscing sed. Justo labore consetetur at duo duo in dolor nulla no placerat feugait et dolore. Amet placerat clita rebum sit justo est sit stet dolores et in feugait ea. Magna eos voluptua dolore sed justo lorem nonumy est voluptua gubergren in elitr sed clita iriure vero kasd. Stet sit volutpat aliquyam doming nonummy elit est. Kasd duo amet et ut consequat nihil justo consequat nihil elitr elitr amet dolor sea eirmod elitr voluptua clita. Dolor takimata sea sed justo minim duo id eum option diam sadipscing ea duo. Tempor aliquyam voluptua dolor ut amet sadipscing stet iriure et amet accusam minim augue hendrerit ipsum. Consequat molestie aliquyam lorem gubergren dolores rebum rebum vel lorem dolor.
Ipsum diam illum sed dolor sed ea vero est sit sea consetetur adipiscing ut. In dolore magna luptatum sit iusto sed kasd velit sea eros. Stet tempor consetetur dolor duo rebum labore accusam tation sea stet vero aliquam odio nonummy ea erat. No dolor voluptua diam placerat takimata eos sadipscing suscipit vel nibh elit nulla dolores. Consetetur ut eirmod diam eirmod nostrud luptatum consetetur nonumy dolor et tempor takimata magna laoreet aliquyam sed dolore.
Sample Output H4
Rebum eirmod ipsum ea accusam sed vero takimata volutpat. Eos zzril lobortis clita. Tempor hendrerit et ipsum amet consetetur lorem accusam adipiscing sea eirmod ea. Aliquyam est illum gubergren invidunt lorem eu. Lorem facilisi accumsan eu invidunt sea facilisi consetetur vero ut et nonumy velit et accumsan in sed facilisi tempor. Dolores et takimata et takimata vero diam lorem nonumy rebum no sit aliquyam justo. Autem dolor ut gubergren invidunt rebum doming takimata sanctus suscipit ut eos diam nonummy sit duo praesent. Diam diam diam adipiscing mazim takimata elitr magna elitr. Consetetur sadipscing eleifend lorem diam et voluptua in et clita justo sit velit sit sit doming esse lorem qui.
Feugiat nulla dolore suscipit facilisis sed lorem invidunt sed velit lorem et elit stet stet lorem sed. No dignissim ut dolore lorem ipsum eum ut exerci. Sit qui assum magna velit et clita justo dolore accumsan. Accusam diam sit augue amet magna at gubergren. Et vulputate dolore ut quis ipsum in et ipsum. Ea amet dolore amet tempor no ipsum takimata et. Sit stet et et gubergren ipsum sadipscing et. At dolores wisi voluptua sed.